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the cart. The AGC goes to a staging
buffer area and waits for a signal that
the AGC currently being unloaded
in Zone 1 of the plant has completed
its job—Greg Rucker, CKNA senior
manager–supply chain manage-
ment, compares it to one driver tell-
ing another, “I’m leaving, and that
parking space is opening up now.”
The cart heads off through one of
the travelways to Zone 1. When it
arrives, the forklift driver unloads the
racks. He or she then loads finished
goods destined for the DC onto the
same cart and presses a “go” button
on the HMI to confirm that the items
(identified by scanning bar codes) are on
their way. The AGC then trundles off to
the specified locations in the DC.
At the loading area, a large monitor
displays information, zone by zone, of
what’s being loaded and unloaded, along
with a map of the whole system. If there’s
a problem, an alert identifying which
Another important change was the
adoption of a new scanning and labeling system that has improved inventory
accuracy. Previously, CKNA only tracked
information in receiving at the pallet
level, without considering the individual
boxes on that pallet. Now, receivers scan
the label and the individual serial number
on each box, and the number of inventory
locations in the DC has increased significantly, from dozens to over 11,000. The
new system accurately tracks the location
